The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Campaign to pardon gay men goes beyond pre-1967 convictions [The Guardian]
Richard Littlejohn: “Hallelujah! Finally, the government is retaliating against left-wing law firms who make vexatious allegations of ‘war crimes’ against blameless British troops” [Mail Online]
Council of Europe “set to criticise France on smacking” [BBC News]
Legal qualification? Ministerial Code good enough, says Lord Chancellor [Law Society Gazette]
Execution of Georgia woman dramatically postponed at the last minute because injection drug was ‘cloudy’ — the second time her death has been called off in a week [Mail Online]
Carlisle MP defends continuing to work as solicitor [News & Star]
From acting solicitor general to acting on ‘House Of Cards’ [Above the Law]
Labour cannot reverse Tory legal aid cuts, Sadiq Khan says [The Guardian]
York law student’s book to help young people cope with divorce [Yorkshire Post]
Lawyers as independent investigators [Lawyer Watch]
Law GIF [Facebook]
Employment paralegal required at a top 100 law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“How I wish that Grayling would do something sensible just for once and tell us that we need no longer wear wigs in court.” [Legal Cheek Comments]